Mary McDonnell
Mary McDonnell is a two-time
Oscar(r)-nominated actress she is well-known for her character roles in both
contemporary and period screen roles, and many films and stage roles. Mary
Eileen McDonnell is a Pennsylvania-born actress. She was the child of Eileen
(Mundy) who was an American computer consultant from Ireland, and John
McDonnell. Raised in Ithaca, New York, she graduated from the State University
of New York (SUNY) in Fredonia. She then attended drama school and was then
accepted into the Long Wharf Theatre Company (East Coast). She was just 22 when
she got her first film role in Dances with Wolves (1990) in which she was
"Stands with a Fist", a Sioux Indian woman that is white. The first
time she received an Academy Award nomination was for the role. McDonnell has
been in the Lawrence Kasdan films Grand Canyon (1991), and Mumford (1999)
alongside such experienced actors as Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier. She
also appeared in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996), with Will Smith.
Margin Call (2011) which was against Kevin Spacey, earned McDonnell the Robert
Altman award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards. McDonnell was a regular on
the Syfy Network's award-winning show Battlestar Galactica (2004), which was
highly praised for her performance as the President Laura Roslin. The role she
played as a frequent guest a host on the television show ER (1994) was rewarded
with an Emmy nomination. TNT's acclaimed drama series Major Crimes (2012)
features McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor. This is the sequel to The Closer
(2005) in which McDonnell developed the role. McDonnell was nominated for an
Primetime Emmy(r). She garnered an Best Actress Academy Award(r) nomination and
a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as an actor with paraplegia on
soap opera in John Sayles's critically acclaimed film, Passion Fish (1992).
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